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Hayden
As a gender-neutral name, Hayden traces back to Old English, where it is understood to mean "Old English heg-denu, hay valley". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The name's best year yet was 2008.
Old EnglishOld English "heg-denu" – "hay valley"
EtymologyAlso read as "hedged valley"
Births by decade
1900s
91
1910s
487
1920s
620
1930s
417
1940s
435
1950s
339
1960s
334
1970s
546
1980s
1,229
1990s
17,911
2000s
60,504
2010s
38,723
Peaked in the 2000s · 121,636 total U.S. births since 1900